Forgot iPhone Passcode - How to Unlock iPhone Passcode

I forgot the passcode for my iPhone 6 Plus and I tried entering the passcode multiple times but it says "iPhone is disabled connect to iTunes". Now I am locked out. How to unlock the iPhone without passcode?

(iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 11)

Generally, we will set a password to lock iPhone screen in order not to let strangers randomly touch or use our iPhone. It is regarded as an effective way to keep the information on our device safe and secure. However, the more complex the password we set up, the more likely that we will forgot iPhone password/pin and input the incorrect password again and again. So what to do if you "forgot iPhone passcode"? How to remove the password from iPhone?

Here we will introduce 4 methods to help you unlock your iPhone password. You can choose one of them to have a try!

Method 1: How to Restore iPhone Without Passcode

Notes: You cannot unlock your iPhone by restoring the device unless you have synced it with iTunes before. So it is very essential to back up iPhone regularly. And please make sure that the computer you are using is the one that you've synced your iPhone with iTunes, or you will be asked to enter the passcode when you are trying to launch iTunes.

If your iPhone haven't synced to iTunes before, you can only try method 2 – erase you iPhone or method 3 - use Find My iPhone to unlock your iPhone.

Step 2: Press and hold the Home button on iPhone > connect iPhone to iTunes with USB cable>keep holding the Home button until the "Connect to iTunes" comes up.

Step 3: You'll be informed that your device is in recovery mode. And click OK to restore iPhone. This will remove everything including the passcode/pin on the iPhone.

Method 3: How to Erase iPhone When It is Locked Without Computer

Find My iPhone enables users to erase locked iPhone and thus help you to bypass iPhone passcode. This allows you to unlock iPhone passcode without computer.

Step 1: Log in iCloud account with Apple ID and password

Step 2: Go to "All Devices" >choose you iPhone>click on "Erase iPhone" to wipe your device and its password.

Step 3: Restore iPhone via Setup Assistant on iPhone

Method 4: How to Unlock iPhone Passcode Without iTunes

If you need to unlock iPhone passcode without iTunes, there is another way to unlock iPhone passcode, which depends on FonePaw iOS System Recovery. Remember that if there are some vital data on the device, here suggest you to follow the ways above since this tip may erase the data on your device.

3. Check the Phone ModelSelect the corresponding model in the list. If you are not sure about the details, please click the question mark to check.

4. Download Firmware to FixClick "Repair" and the firmware will be downloaded. After that, the device will be fixed so please wait for a while with patience. When it shows "Repair completed", you are allowed to check whether your device is back to normal status.

All four methods mentioned above can help you unlock iPhone when you forgot passcode or pin. When you finally get access to your iPhone again, you might need to restore iPhone data from iTunes or recover iPhone data with iCloud backup files. And you can use FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery to help you recover lost photos, contacts, notes or other data from iPhone. You can try to download the free trial version of iPhone Data Recovery to have a try.

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